Combined bread-cabinet and cutting-knife.



P. NELSON COMBINED BREAD GABINET AND CUTTING KNIFE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1908.

Patented Mar. 9,1909.

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COMBINED BREAD CABINET AND CUTTING KNIFE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1,1908. 914,866, v Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

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PER NELSON, OF FORTUNA, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED BREAD-CABINET AND CUTTING-KNIFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed July 1, 1908. Serial No. 441,307.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PER NELSON, a citizen of the United States, residingat Fortuna, in the county of Humboldt and State of California, haveinvented new and useful improvements in a Combined Bread-Cabinet andCutting-Knife, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bread cabinets and cuttingknives, the object in view being to provide a novel construction ofcabinet having one or more piv- Figure 1 is a perspective view of acabinet embodying my invention with one of the swinging drawersprojected for cooperation with the cutter. Fig. 2 is a vertical front torear section through the same on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the cutter. Fig. 4 is a top plan view thereof. Figs. 5 and6 are sections on the lines 55 and 66 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body or casing of thecabinet, which is preferably of oblong rectangular form and open at thefront, and comprises a bottom 2, side walls 3, a back wall 4 and a topWall 5. \Vithin the body is arranged one or more horizontal partitionsor shelves 6, to support the loaves of bread, cake or other stuff storedtherein. The front of thecabinet is closed by a door 7 hinged at itslower edge to the bottom wall 2, as at 8. This door is adapted to beswung outward to the horizontal dotted line position shown in Fig. 2 andto be held or suspended in such position by hangers consisting of aseries of jointed members or links 9, the end links being pivotallyconnected with the body and door. Two of these hangers are employed, oneat each side of the cabinet, the terminal links of which arerespectively connected with the door adj acent its side edges and withthe side walls of the cabinet. Vhen the door is in closed position thelinks fold between the same and the outer edges of the shelves 6 andhold the door closed. A knob or other suitable grip 10 is provided toenable the door to be con veniently manipulated. VJ hen the door isopened by pulling outward and downward on this knob, the links unfoldand straighten out and thus support the opened door in a horizontalposition. The door when thus disposed may be employed as a shelf or leafon which a loaf of bread or cake may be supported while individualslices are being out therefrom, or during the operation of makingsandwiches, and in various other operations of this general character.

Disposed beneath the cabinet are drawers or compartments 11 and 12 eachhaving at the front a knob 13. These drawers are adapted to swingbeneath the cabinet to a position in which they are closed by the topwall 5, and are adapted to be swung out respectively beyond the oppositesides of the cabinet. The two drawers when closed or swung beneath thecabinet conjunctively correspond in area thereto, and each drawer ispivotally connected at its outer corner portions with the adjacentportion of the cabinet for swinging movement. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2,the drawer 12, for instance, is pivotally mounted upon the lower end ofa bolt ll which passes upwardly through openings in the bottom 2 andlower shelf 6. The head of this bolt rests upon the upper surface of theshelf 6, while the lower end of the bolt is fitted with a nut 15 to holdthe drawer in connection therewith. The bolt passes upwardly throughcylindrical washers 16 fitted in the openings in the drawer, bottom andaforesaid shelf of the cabinet and also passes through angular blocks17, which in conjunction with the washers, form the bearings therefor,two of the angular sides of each block bearing against the adjacentwalls of the drawer and cabinet body, whereby the blocks are held fromrotation. It will be understood that the drawers 11 and 12 may be usedfor storing sliced bread, cake, sliced meats and other like articles offood, and serve to support the cabinet.

For convenience in the use of the cabinet, I provide as an adjunct forcooperation with either drawer 11 or 12 a cutter by which a loaf ofbread or cake or piece of meat to be sliced may be supported from thetop of the cabinet and severed into slices, which drop down into theopen drawer, the latter serving as a receptacle for the slices untilthey are used. As shown, the cutter comprises a bracket bar 18 having atone end a depending arm 19 formed with a stationary supporting andclamping plate 20 to rest upon an ex tension 5 of the top wall 5 ateither end of the cabinet, said arm 19 being provided with an extension21 projecting under said plate and carrying a clamping screw 22 adaptedto bind against the underside of the exten sion 5 to support the bracketbar in position. When applied to either end of the extension 5, thebracket bar extends above and parallel therewith and serves as a stop orabutment for the end of the loaf. At the opposite or free end of thebracket bar a bearing sleeve 23 is formed for the reception of thecylindrical central portion of a bolt 24:, which is provided withangular portions 24 and 25 and cylindrical threaded ends 26 and 27.crescent form, is rigidly mounted at one end upon the angular portion 24being provided with a correspondingly shaped opening through which saidportion 24 passes. A washer 29 is mounted upon the bolt between thebearing 23 and outer side of the knife, while a washer 30 is fitted uponthe angular portion 24. and bears upon the opposite side of the knife,said washer being retained in position by a nut 31 upon the threaded end26, by which said parts are retained in position. A crank handle 32 hasits hub or sleeve 33 angularly bored and fitted upon the angular end 25of the shaft and clamped in position by a nut 36 applied to the threadedend 27, by which the shaft and cutting blade are revolubly mounted uponthe bracket, so that by rotating the blade through the operation of thecrank handle the end of the loaf resting against the bracket will besliced. Hence by applying the cutter to either end extension 5* of thetop, a loaf of bread, cake or meats of various kinds may be convenientlysliced so that the slices may drop down into the adjacent open drawer 11or 12, in which they will be held and stored for use. It will beunderstood that by using washers 29 of different sizes the position ofthe blade may be changed to cut thick or thin slices.

A cutting knife 28, of segmental or' From the foregoing description,taken in connection with the drawings, it will be seen that my inventionprovides a simple, convenient and inexpensive construction of cabinet ofthis character which is eil ective for its intended purpose and which,through the provision of the drawers 1.1 and 12, is adapted for storingan increased quantity of sliced material in such a manner as to bereached without opening the body of the cabinet and exposing thecontents thereof. The arrangement cl these drawers also adapts them tobe employed in connection with a cutter of the character and or thepurpose described, thus adding to the convenience of the device.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A bread or like cabinet having a top provided with an extensionprojecting beyond the cabinet, a drawer pivotally mounted to swing to aclosed position beneath the cabinet and to an open position beyond saidside, and a cutter mounted upon said extension, whereby a loaf of breador the like may be supported upon the top and sliced so that the sliceswill fall into the underlying open drawer.

2. A bread cabinet comprising a body forming a storage compartment andhaving a top provided with an extension; and also having a drawer orreceptacle adapted to be opened to a position below said extension,bracket adapted to be secured to the extension and having an armextending parallei with said extension above and outwardly beyond thesame, a cutting knife, a shalt supporting the same and mounted upon saidarin, means adjustable toward and from the edge of the extension forsupporting said shatt,'and an operating handle carried by the shaft,whereby the knife may be oscillated to sever a loaf resting upon the topinto slices so that the same will drop into the underlying drawer.

In testimony whereof I afl ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PER NELSON.

Witnesses C. BAGNALL, BEN JoHNsoN.

